The Role Of Multilateral Assistance In Ethiopian Education

To investigate the role played by multilateral assistancernto Ethiopian Education, explore its volume and the way it isrnadministered and coordinated, the study was undertaken in 6rnoffices of multilateral agencies, 3 ministerial head offices,rn10 region bureaux, 8 zone and 8 wereda education offices. Therndata were collected through questionnaire, interview andrndocument analysis. Various statistical techniques such asrnpercentages, t-test, chi-square, and correlation coefficientsrnwere used to analyses the data.rnThe results suggested that the volume of multilateralrnassistance has shown an increasing trend. This increasedrnassistance has diversified sources that call for efficientrncoordination on both donors and recipien t sides. For suchrnpurpose any capital inflow into the country is negotiated andrncoordinated by a single ministry-the MOEDe. The study,rnhowever, evidenced that the problem of coordination has beenrnobserved, even in the presence of such a ministry. The problemrnof coordination has been worse on the donors side of thernassistance fence. Inter-agency cooperation and exchange ofrninformation among different donors has not been satisfactorilyrnundertaken.rnThe study further indicated that efforts have been madernto integrate assistance with national self-help efforts byrnenabling the government and the public to cover some percentagernof the total project costs. More over, attempts have beenrnobserved to monitor and evaluate education projects assistedrnby multilateral agencies through project progress reports,rnfield trips and tripartite meetings. Nevertheless, the studyrnindicated that such attempts were not continuous. In additionrnthe participation of local authorities (particularly those atrnthe grass root level) and the public, though some initiationsrnhave been observed, were not as satisfactory as what they hadrnto be.

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